Our Young Cultural Changemakers Programme is putting creative place-making power in the hands of young people. Young people across the South East are empowered to lead on significant creative projects in their local area, transforming their lives and those of their neighbours. Working with local communities and with a range of partners, we are listening to the views, experiences and ideas of children and young people and supporting them to explore creative ways to make change happen in their areas.
Young Cultural Changemakers Programme is supported using public funding by Arts Council England to deliver on their ‘Let’s Create’ strategy. In the year 2024-25, we will be positioned in 5 areas in the South East – Arun, Dover, Slough, The Isle of Wight and The New Forest. This project will run from 2023-2026.
See this link for more information about our Young Cultural Changemakers Programme.
In partnership with Young Cultural Changemakers in these areas, Artswork is always looking to commission local professional creative facilitators to work on a number of youth led projects. The themes of the projects are shaped by young people themselves and aimed to address any issues the young people in these areas may be facing. The artists will work with young people on a creative project that aims to have a positive impact on them and their wider community. These commissions are a co-creation between the creative(s) and the Young Cultural Changemakers.
We are seeking a creative or creatives who can fulfil the following criteria to demonstrate their ability to engage meaningfully with the process as well as to create an outstanding final piece of design. These criteria will be scored as the basis of awarding the commission:
*Additional specification maybe required depending on the particular area.
Please see below for our current Artist Call Outs and if there aren’t any Call Outs on your preferred area please sign up to our monthly newsletter where we send new opportunities.
Artswork in partnership with young cultural changemakers in Arun are looking to commission a local professional creative facilitator to work on a public realm design project in collaboration with a mixed-age secondary group in Littlehampton.
Artist Call Out - Littlehampton
Artswork in partnership with young cultural changemakers in Arun are looking to commission a local professional Creative Facilitator to work in collaboration to deliver series of creative, largely visual arts based sessions with young people at Bognor Youth & Community Centre starting in September.
Artist Call Out - Bognor Regis
Artswork in partnership with Isle of Wight CAMHS and IW College is looking to commission a local professional creative, or creatives, to work in collaboration with young people from the IW College, to make the Isle of Wight CAMHS building at 7 Pyle Street a more welcoming and nurturing space for young people. As a minimum, the commission will transform the reception area, but the outside area by the front door and the small garden at the rear may also be included in the project.
Artis Call Out - Isle of Wight
Artworks works to empower young people through creativity, giving them the opportunity to explore and fulfil their potential in a future that we are all making together. As an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, we work across three strands: • Activate Young Cultural Changemakers - Putting creative place-making power in the hands of young people. • Activate Creative Careers - Building an equitable and sustainable pathway to creative careers for young people. • Activate Creative Learning - Growing creative approaches to learning in classrooms, workplaces, and communities. Artworks aims to engage artists and facilitators that are representative of the communities and children and young people we support. We expect our team and those working on our behalf to commit to our Anti-Discrimination Charter which can be accessed below. Thank you very much for your interest.
Artswork Anti- Discrimination Charter
